| Rob Dickinson – Don't Change Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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For me, this is a song of struggles with depression. "I know the meaning is right And I have confessions to know" You know yourself and the things you don't like to admit: "I am the suffering type I'm burying more than I show" But you also know: "I'm more alive than I know" And then we hear the voice of depression, don't bother about anything, none of it matters: "Don't wash, don't shower, don't bathe Don't eat, don't grow, don't age Don't cry, don't challenge, don't change" And then you beat yourself up for feeling that way: "Don't fall or drag yourself down" You feel the call of drugs, though you know it's a bad idea and tell yourself not to give in: "Yeah I'm the needles and veins Dragged down so far don't fear don't rob yourself again" So you turn to your art, writing, songwriting, your creative outlet: "Yeah I'm on the crest of a song I'm riding it while I'm wrong" And maybe it's not so bad, perhaps this is how you're meant to be, some crazy poet, or just a rock and roll Joe, with tales of woe: "Yeah I know where I'm from" And then the voice of the chorus creeps back in. A tale of neither defeat nor victory, just a day in the life with the struggle. |
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| Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians – What I Am Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I've always heard 'chuck me in the shallow water', chuck as a verb, meaning to toss; throw with a quick motion, usually a short distance. | |
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